"They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!!!!!"
This was such a heartpounding episode, never before in Gundam, have I felt such feeling and such tension for the common soldier. This is not just about the star mobile suit pilots, this is about the entire group, the entire organization, all of Tekkadan fighting together to give themselves a better tomorrow.
No longer is this about revenge, this is about survival, about pushing forward to a better future, about not rolling over and letting the bullies step on you. Tekkadan swore to finish the job, and finish the job they shall. Even if they all must die, they will continue to push forward for a better tomorrow for those that did survive.
It's been a long time since I've felt a real "battle zone" feel from a mech series, but IBO accomplished that. Gjallerhorn is only biding for time, not realizing that they are sacrificing their lives for the whims of one man that is trying to gain more and more power unto himself. And so for three days, Tekkadan has battled Gjallerhorn in an attempt to break through and get Makanai to the church on time. They haven't had much rest and little food, and they can't send in their mobile suits because of the effect the Ahab reactors would have. They are low on everything, including manpower, and so Orga has to make some heartbreaking decisions. He knows that many will die on his orders, but it's there only way right now. Gjallerhorn will never let them go, and they have sworn to finish this job, and finish they shall.
Orga is shaken by what he knows he must do, but Mika encourages him. They have trusted him with everything they are, he can trust them to get the job done.
And so, Orga makes the best speech in the whole darn series and asks them to risk their lives with him in order to make a better tomorrow for Tekkadan.
Merribit is once again against this, but what do you want him to do exactly? He can’t back down, he can't run away. There is no way around it, except forward. And this is for more than just Tekkadan, all of Mars and the other parts of the Outer Sphere all ride on this. It’s wrong, but they are from a part of a world that has
been wrong since the beginning. They don’t have any choices left. Even if it’s wrong,
it’s still what must be done.
Tekkadan reminds me of revolutionaries from something like Les Miserables, or pretty much any American Revolution war movie. They are outnumber and out gunned and yet
still they go on.
Eugene, Chad, Dante, and even the kids from the Brewers have come to help, as they just found their place and don't want to lose it. This is a fight for their survival as well.
Gaelio and Ein come on the scene, and it becomes obvious that Ein is pretty much insane at this point. They take down Azee, Lafter, and Shino. I'm not sure if they are all dead, but it is quite likely.
He then goes to take down Kudelia who has gotten into the city, but she is having none of this. I love her attitude here. Atra, Mika, and Orga though come to her rescue as Ein goes to kill her. Mika left the fighting of Gaelio, to McGillis and his Grimgarde that has now arrived at the scene.
How will this all end? Makanai will obviously get there in time, Mika will have to fight and destroy Ein in one last battle. Gaelio and McGillis will have to fight, and I don't think Gaelio will win this one. Someone has to take the reigns of Gjallerhorn.
Unless...McGillis all this time has been grooming Gaelio to take this spot? We'll have to see.
I don't know if this series will have a second season. But even if it doesn't I won't mind if they end it next week with Tekkadan winning and Makanai becoming PM once more.
) while piloting a Graze, plus now he's using a Valkyrie Frame which is supposed to be a step up from the norm, I'd say he'd do well, not adding the shock that Galigali will feel while fighting against his best friend.
